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Published on: 5/18/2008
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Together with his First Line Seeds marketing manager, Gary Lannin, and Owen Roberts and the university, Hannam made Project SOY an educational and development tool for students.
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It is natural for Project SOY to have been developed at the University of Guelph, says Owen Roberts, director of research communications at the university.In the past decade, Guelph has been named Canada's top research university four times and top comprehensive university six times in a row.Roberts sees that leadership position benefitting Project SOY.
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"When you look at the number of varieties of crops that have been developed from Guelph, it's really quite amazing how productive university researchers have been," says Roberts."There's a significant number of food products on the shelf that certainly have Guelph's signature on them, such as Omega-3 milk, and many things with Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) attached to them at some point had some research connected with Guelph."
Just as Rickard has introduced individuals with Monsanto to the potential of the project, Roberts has
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"We also involve our business development office, so there's the potential to develop the technology or the product further," states Roberts, who is also academic co-ordinator of the Agricultural Communications Diploma Program.
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From a mentor perspective, Hannam, Rickard and Roberts all extend their appreciation to those involved with their expertise and support to Project SOY.
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"Food science professor, Dr. Massimo Marcone has certainly been the heart and soul of the contest," says Roberts, adding that Marcone was recognized for his contributions during Project SOY's 10th anniversary celebration in 2006."Others include Drs.Rickey Yada, Istvan Rajcan, Ralph Brown, Gauri Mitall and Chris Gillard from the Ridgetown Campus."
Another very important and unique feature of the competition is that it is completely administered by a student co-ordinator.Roberts concedes that he can step in when needed, but for the most part, it is a program run for students, by students. -end-